As I mentioned I got a wireless accessory kit for it, which comes with a battery, bluetooth module and a usb receiver.

Battery and the bluetooth module go inside the tablet, it has built in slots for those, the 'usb receiver' is supposed to be plugged into the pc/mac you want to wirelessly connect your tablet with.

The usb receiver-

Just to reiterate, I want to connect my tablet to my mac 'without' plugging the usb receiver in it, I consider that as a possibility because the mac has bluetooth built in, so I should ideally be able to just 'pair' my tablet with it.

However, the tablet does not appear in the list of bluetooth devices when I search for it using the Bluetooth setup assistant on my mac. I held the power switch on the tablet to keep it in active mode while scanning for it on the mac.

I was wondering that since now I have the bluetooth accessory installed in my Wacom tablet, can I pair it with my mac using the bluetooth setup assistant and use it wirelessly without having to plug in the bluetooth dongle or the usb cable?

This need has came up since I carry my Wacom tablet daily to work, I don't want to carry the usb cable or bluetooth dongle along with it if possible because most of the time I forget it at home plugged in to my iMac.

I was wondering that since now I have the bluetooth accessory installed in my Wacom tablet, can I pair it with my mac using the bluetooth setup assistant and use it wirelessly without having to plug in the bluetooth dongle or the usb cable?

This need has came up since I carry my Wacom tablet daily to work, I don't want to carry the usb cable or bluetooth dongle along with it if possible because most of the time I forget it at home plugged in to my iMac.

Yep, I've been trying that since the day I received the wireless accessory kit in the mail.

The tablet just doesn't show up in the discovered bluetooth devices list. I've tried holding the power button on the tablet while scanning for devices, tapping it once, tapping it continuously etc but to no avail.

Just to give some more visual reference, here's the bluetooth module from the kit that goes in the slot to the side of the tablet, it has the power button that I'm talking about -

Yep, I've been trying that since the day I received the wireless accessory kit in the mail.

The tablet just doesn't show up in the discovered bluetooth devices list. I've tried holding the power button on the tablet while scanning for devices, tapping it once, tapping it continuously etc but to no avail.

Just to give some more visual reference, here's the bluetooth module from the kit that goes in the slot to the side of the tablet, it has the power button that I'm talking about -

Since Bluetooth probably costs some money to license, Wacom, and many others, stick to their own receivers using that frequency range around 2.4 GHz, therefore you have to live with that in a way.
You could always get a USB hub and if available, an extra receiver.

Since Bluetooth probably costs some money to license, Wacom, and many others, stick to their own receivers using that frequency range around 2.4 GHz, therefore you have to live with that in a way.
You could always get a USB hub and if available, an extra receiver.

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Well, that's depressing

An extra receiver would solve it for me, but I guess it's not sold separately.

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